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Great Expectations

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 17, 2022 | Chart of the Week

This week’s big news was the Fed’s announcement that it’s raising its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points (0.75 percentage points). That was the Fed’s biggest interest-rate increase since 1994. This surprise move was in direct response to the...

Measuring Inflation

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 16, 2022 | Indicator Insights

Inflation—a general rise in the price of goods and services in an economy—can be problematic for the stock market for various reasons. Not only do input prices go up, which can crimp corporate profits, but consumers lose purchasing power if wages don’t also...

Market Update – June 2022

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 13, 2022 | blog

Listen to this Month’s Market Update as David Nelson and Jake Woodcock share their latest views on inflation and growth.

Zombie Companies

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 10, 2022 | Chart of the Week

What do you get when you combine dirt-cheap funding with a preference to invest in companies heavy on intangible assets? Two words: zombie companies. According to a new research paper by the University of Minnesota, the percentage of U.S. public firms with zero...

Return on Equity, With a Twist

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 9, 2022 | Indicator Insights

Corporate profits matter for the stock market. In fact, corporate profitability is one of the key long-term drivers of stock market performance. So, as investors, it’s important that we accurately measure corporate profits. A commonly used measure of corporate...